Never Give Up: How Sharelle Mendenhall Went from Tragedy to National Title to Full-Time Ministry

Revenue First: The Daily Schedule of a High-Achieving Mom, Wife & CEO

You asked. I'm answering. When I posted on my Facebook page asking what question you'd ask me if I handed you the mic, this was the first one that came in, and honestly it comes up all the time. What does a day in the life of Ali actually look like? So here it is. Raw, real, no sugarcoating. From 4AM to lights out, exactly how I structure my waking hours to build a business I love, raise four incredible humans, love my husband well, and still take care of myself. Success leaves clues, and today I'm handing you mine.  In This Episode You'll Learn: * Why I wake up at 4:07AM and what the first hour of my day actually looks like * The pre-workout habit I picked up at 46 that has changed everything for my hormones and energy * Why I do hair, makeup, and heels even when I work from home and why it matters more than you think * What Sales Girl Hour is and why revenue in first position is non-negotiable in my business * How I use Airtable to track my sales activity and hold myself accountable every single day * Why I never respond to messages and emails first thing in the morning and what I do instead * How I structure client fulfillment and what it actually looks like to serve my Inner Circle at the highest level * Why giving clients one win quickly is more powerful than giving them 55 things to do * What my after-school routine looks like and why I plan for the whole week not just the day * The Bath Bible Bed routine that anchors our evenings as a family * Why choosing your hard is the most honest thing I can say about health, marriage, and business * What weekends look like when you are in church leadership and your husband is the worship leader * Why instead of saying "I don't have time" I say "it's not a priority" and why that changes everything My Daily Schedule: 4:07AM — Wake up with Joshua. Salt water, light coffee with caramel macchiato protein powder, Bible time together 5:15AM — Burn Bootcamp Rooster Club. Lift heavy. No chatting. 7:00AM — Kids up, breakfast made, lunches packed, out the door 7:00AM — Church prayer slot. Word and prayer before the workday starts Shower & get ready — Hair, makeup, earrings, heels. Every single day. First work block — Sales Girl Hour. Revenue in first position. Always. Second work block — Team WhatsApp, copy, client onboarding, messaging Third work block — Client fulfillment. Monthly audits, offer building, messaging, clarity Last work block — Admin, nitty gritty, the stuff I hate. Always last. 4:00PM — Kids home. Done working. Afterschool snack, homework, week planning 5:30PM — Dinner as a family. Highs, challenges, solutions. No phones. Bedtime — Bath Bible Bed. Kids in bed by 8:00PM. 8:00-9:00PM — Joshua and I. In bed by 8:30-9:00PM. Tools & Resources Mentioned: * 📱 Airtable — AI integrated tracking system for sales activity * 📱 Be Present App — block distractions during working hours * 📱 The Brick — phone lockbox for focus and discipline * 🎙️ Marriage Made in Heaven Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marriage-made-in-heaven/id1825242845] 🎉 Marriage Made in Heaven LIVE Event It is happening. Our very first Marriage Made in Heaven Live Event is coming to Rancho Santa Fe, California on June 8th, a one day intensive from 9 to 5 on a Miracle Monday. We have the most incredible guest speakers joining us, Karen and Pat Schatzline, dropping brand new content from their book that hasn't even been released yet. This event is NOT for marriages in crisis. This is for the couple that knows there is so much more; the high-achieving, God-loving couple that wants to get in the right room with other couples who are contending for greatness together. If there is anything worth investing in, friend, it is your marriage. Grab your tickets here: Marriage Made in Heaven LIVE Event [https://alispitsbergen.myflodesk.com/marriagemadeinheavenlive] If you’re ready to scale with the right people around you, explore the For His Glory CEO Inner Circle. Apply Here: 2026 Inner Circle Application [https://forms.gle/bmcBFTt8vvf4v1dv7] 📲 Connect with Ali: Instagram: @alispitsbergen [https://www.instagram.com/alispitsbergen] For His Glory CEO Community: Join the For His Glory CEO Community TODAY! [https://www.alispitsbergen.com/for-his-glory-ceo-community]

Never Give Up: How Sharelle Mendenhall Went from Tragedy to National Title to Full-Time Ministry

Friend, I met this woman 48 hours before I recorded this episode. I knew within minutes of our first conversation that I had to get her on this podcast immediately. Sharelle Mendenhall is Mrs. USA 2024, a full-time evangelist, a woman who has walked through things that would break most people and she is still standing, still shining, still full of fire. Her sister went missing for five years. They found her body a couple of years ago. Her stepson severed his spine in a snowboarding accident and is now a paraplegic. The month before that her husband was diagnosed with skin cancer. And from his hospital bed her stepson told her, never give up. So she didn't. She went on to win the national title. And then she walked away from her company of over 10 years to go into full-time evangelism and never look back. This episode is fire. In This Episode You'll Learn: * Sharelle's extraordinary story, from being born with her twin inside her to Mrs. USA 2024 to full-time evangelist * Why she says the Holy Spirit is her business partner and what that unfair advantage actually looks like * What Pentecost at any cost means and why the gifts of the Holy Spirit are more important than ever right now * The science behind praying in tongues and why a specific part of the brain only fires when you pray that way * Why her stepson's words from his hospital bed, never give up, changed everything for her * How she won her first pageant ever without any training and what happened when she prayed backstage * The three things that drive her spirit of excellence; discipline, obedience, and writing the vision * Why busy is a four-letter word and how to divide between what is good and what is God * How to fall in love with the Word of God even if you don't know where to start * The posture of desperation in prayer and why sometimes you need to be like Hannah and not move until God blesses you * Why your sob story and your pain cannot be your only story, the victory is on the other side About Sharelle Mendenhall: Sharelle Mendenhall is Mrs. USA 2024, a full-time evangelist, speaker, and author of the upcoming book The Power of Keeping Your Word. She is passionate about Pentecost at any cost, helping women walk in the fullness of the Holy Spirit, the power of prayer, and the Word of God. After more than 10 years in business Sharelle is stepping into full-time evangelism to seek and save those who are lost. 📲 Follow Sharelle: @sharellemendenhall  [https://www.instagram.com/sharellemendenhall/] Sharelle's 3 Keys to a Spirit of Excellence: 1. Discipline — Keep your word to yourself. Write things down. Make every minute count. 2. Obedience — Know what you are called to and who you are called to. You don't have to say yes to everything. 3. Write the Vision — Habakkuk 2:2. Write it out. Make it plain. Partner with God and the Holy Spirit constantly. Resources & Mentions: * 📚 The Power of Keeping Your Word — Sharelle's upcoming book * 📖 Habakkuk 2:2 — Write the vision and make it plain 🎉 Marriage Made in Heaven LIVE Event It is happening. Our very first Marriage Made in Heaven Live Event is coming to Rancho Santa Fe, California on June 8th, a one day intensive from 9 to 5 on a Miracle Monday. We have the most incredible guest speakers joining us, Karen and Pat Schatzline, dropping brand new content from their book that hasn't even been released yet. This event is NOT for marriages in crisis. This is for the couple that knows there is so much more; the high-achieving, God-loving couple that wants to get in the right room with other couples who are contending for greatness together. If there is anything worth investing in, friend, it is your marriage. Grab your tickets here: Marriage Made in Heaven LIVE Event [https://alispitsbergen.myflodesk.com/marriagemadeinheavenlive] If you’re ready to scale with the right people around you, explore the For His Glory CEO Inner Circle. Apply Here: 2026 Inner Circle Application [https://forms.gle/bmcBFTt8vvf4v1dv7] 📲 Connect with Ali: Instagram: @alispitsbergen [https://www.instagram.com/alispitsbergen] For His Glory CEO Community: Join the For His Glory CEO Community TODAY! [https://www.alispitsbergen.com/for-his-glory-ceo-community]

The Glory Glow: What a Woman Who Truly Puts God First Actually Looks Like

Have you ever met a woman whose face literally glows? I'm not talking about a great skincare routine. I'm talking about the kind of glow that only comes from spending so much time in the presence of God that it starts showing up on your face. I have met that woman. I get to call her mom. She's my husband Joshua's mom. She's my pastor. She's my children's grandma. She's one of the wisest, most joyful, most Word-saturated women I have ever known. This episode is my love letter to her. If you want to know what it actually looks like to put God first, not just say it, but live it, this is the episode.  In This Episode You'll Learn: * What the glory glow actually is and why it only comes from one place * Why my mother-in-love has never once been seen grumbling, whining, or complaining and what that does to everyone around her * How she raised four kids in ministry and got it right and why that is rarer than you think * What her book Blessed Are the Homemakers says about building a sweet home rooted in the Word * Why she plasters scripture everywhere in her home and how it spoke to my own children without her saying a word * What 22 people under one Airbnb roof looks like when the family is built on the things of God * How her I Love You gifts and handwritten cards have poured into my life in ways I will never forget * Why she delivers hard conversations in love and what that has meant in my own life * What it looks like to be a pastor's wife who never complains, never needs her own way, and counts it all joy * The reward she gets to see every single time her children and grandchildren gather to worship the Lord About the Book: 📚 Blessed Are the Homemakers, written by Ali's mother-in-love in 2006. Packed with over 280 scriptures and Wisdom Keys for building a God-centered home. Written like a girlfriend sitting across from you at the kitchen table. If enough of you want it Ali will get it back to print. Resources & Mentions: * 📚 Blessed Are the Homemakers  * 🎙️ Order in the House sermon series — Pastor Mark 🎉 Marriage Made in Heaven LIVE Event It is happening. Our very first Marriage Made in Heaven Live Event is coming to Rancho Santa Fe, California on June 8th, a one day intensive from 9 to 5 on a Miracle Monday. We have the most incredible guest speakers joining us, Karen and Pat Schatzline, dropping brand new content from their book that hasn't even been released yet. This event is NOT for marriages in crisis. This is for the couple that knows there is so much more; the high-achieving, God-loving couple that wants to get in the right room with other couples who are contending for greatness together. If there is anything worth investing in, friend, it is your marriage. Grab your tickets here: Marriage Made in Heaven LIVE Event [https://alispitsbergen.myflodesk.com/marriagemadeinheavenlive] If you’re ready to scale with the right people around you, explore the For His Glory CEO Inner Circle. Apply Here: 2026 Inner Circle Application [https://forms.gle/bmcBFTt8vvf4v1dv7] 📲 Connect with Ali: Instagram: @alispitsbergen [https://www.instagram.com/alispitsbergen] For His Glory CEO Community: Join the For His Glory CEO Community TODAY! [https://www.alispitsbergen.com/for-his-glory-ceo-community]

What a Godly Mom Actually Looks Like: 46 Years of Lessons from My Own Mom

Do you ever wonder what was behind the scenes of the moms who raised really incredible humans? I do. I love studying moms who did it well. And today I'm honoring the one I had a front row seat to for 46 years. My own mom. This episode is personal, raw, and full of the kind of wisdom that only comes from watching someone live it out day after day, decade after decade. From raising four D1 athletes to flying across the country every single month to help care for my premature daughter Anna, my mom has never once stopped showing up. This one is for you, Mama. And for every woman who wants to leave a legacy worth following.  In This Episode You'll Learn: * What my mom wrote in her own words about raising children, read straight from her StoryWorth book * Why more is caught than taught and what that means for how you show up every single day * How my mom balanced rules with love and why she says too many rules leads to rebellion * The discipline method she used that made us harder on ourselves than she ever was * Why she never once complained, never raised her voice, and never spoke ill of my dad in front of us * How she role modeled health before healthy was even a thing and what that produced in all four of her kids * The loss that drove her deeper into her faith and changed everything about how she raised us * Why she went back to school in her fifties, got her master's, and built her own private practice * What it looks like to be a praying woman and why my mom's knees tell the whole story * The legacy she built not just for her children but for all 12 of her grandchildren who are completely obsessed with her Resources & Mentions: * 📚 StoryWorth — the legacy book Ali's brother gifted their parents in 2020 * 📚 The Strong-Willed Child by Dr. James Dobson * 📚 Dare to Discipline by Dr. James Dobson * 📚 Bringing Up Girls and Bringing Up Boys by Dr. James Dobson 🎉 Marriage Made in Heaven LIVE Event It is happening. Our very first Marriage Made in Heaven Live Event is coming to Rancho Santa Fe, California on June 8th, a one day intensive from 9 to 5 on a Miracle Monday. We have the most incredible guest speakers joining us, Karen and Pat Schatzline, dropping brand new content from their book that hasn't even been released yet. This event is NOT for marriages in crisis. This is for the couple that knows there is so much more; the high-achieving, God-loving couple that wants to get in the right room with other couples who are contending for greatness together. If there is anything worth investing in, friend, it is your marriage. Grab your tickets here: Marriage Made in Heaven LIVE Event [https://alispitsbergen.myflodesk.com/marriagemadeinheavenlive] If you’re ready to scale with the right people around you, explore the For His Glory CEO Inner Circle. Apply Here: 2026 Inner Circle Application [https://forms.gle/bmcBFTt8vvf4v1dv7] 📲 Connect with Ali: Instagram: @alispitsbergen [https://www.instagram.com/alispitsbergen] For His Glory CEO Community: Join the For His Glory CEO Community TODAY! [https://www.alispitsbergen.com/for-his-glory-ceo-community]

The Compounding Asset Nobody Talks About: How to Build a Marriage Made in Heaven

Your financial planner is asking about your investment portfolio, but nobody is asking about the most important investment of your life. Your marriage. I'm gonna be honest with you today. This episode starts with a story I've never told publicly, a moment at a corporate dinner in San Francisco where a leader looked me dead in the eye and said something that made me go, "WHAT?!" ...  "If you didn't marry Jesus, you'd be divorced." She was right. I am so grateful she said it. This episode is the why behind Marriage Made in Heaven; the raw, real, personal story of how I almost gave my marriage breadcrumbs while building a business, and the three things that changed everything.  In This Episode You'll Learn: * The wake-up call at a corporate dinner in San Francisco that completely changed how I showed up in her marriage * Why high-achieving women are most at risk of giving their husbands breadcrumbs and how to stop * The single best marriage advice Joshua & I ever received from his father * Why your marriage is the compounding asset that everything else in your life compounds upon * How to give your husband your best at the end of the day even when you have nothing left * Why your kids don't just need good parents, they need to see a great marriage * The 3 things I do to keep my marriage made in heaven every single week * Why prayer is the most powerful weapon you have for your marriage right now * How a weekly date night became a non-negotiable that Joshua & I have held for years * The story of Rhonda and why you never know how much time you have left Resources & Mentions: * 🎙️ Marriage Made in Heaven Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marriage-made-in-heaven/id1825242845] * 🎬 War Room — the movie I reference on the power of the prayer closet 🎉 Marriage Made in Heaven LIVE Event It is happening. Our very first Marriage Made in Heaven Live Event is coming to Rancho Santa Fe, California on June 8th, a one day intensive from 9 to 5 on a Miracle Monday. We have the most incredible guest speakers joining us, Karen and Pat Schatzline, dropping brand new content from their book that hasn't even been released yet. This event is NOT for marriages in crisis. This is for the couple that knows there is so much more; the high-achieving, God-loving couple that wants to get in the right room with other couples who are contending for greatness together. If there is anything worth investing in, friend, it is your marriage. Grab your tickets here: Marriage Made in Heaven LIVE Event [https://alispitsbergen.myflodesk.com/marriagemadeinheavenlive] If you’re ready to scale with the right people around you, explore the For His Glory CEO Inner Circle. Apply Here: 2026 Inner Circle Application [https://forms.gle/bmcBFTt8vvf4v1dv7] 📲 Connect with Ali: Instagram: @alispitsbergen [https://www.instagram.com/alispitsbergen] For His Glory CEO Community: Join the For His Glory CEO Community TODAY! [https://www.alispitsbergen.com/for-his-glory-ceo-community]